affrettano

Affrettano is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb affrettare. The verb means to hasten, expedite, or speed up a process, activity, or action, and it can also convey urging someone to act more quickly. It is a transitive verb and typically takes a direct object, for example affrettare una pratica (to hasten an procedure) or affrettare i tempi (to speed up the timings).

Etymology and basic use: affrettare derives from fretta, meaning hurry or haste, with the prefix af- (a variant of ad-) that intensifies the sense. The noun fretta and the related adjective affrettato (hasty, hurried) are closely connected in meaning.

Usage notes: affrettare is commonly used in formal, administrative, or technical contexts, where acceleration of a process or decision is described. In everyday language, other verbs such as accelerare or sbrigare are often preferred. The reflexive form affrettarsi means to hurry oneself, whereas affrettare retains a transitive sense.

Examples:

- Le autorità hanno affrettato la consegna dei documenti.

- Per rispettare la scadenza, hanno affrettato la procedura.

See also: affrettarsi, affrettamento, fretta, affrettato.

Overall, affrettano functions as a standard present-tense form of affrettare used to indicate that a group or multiple agents are hastening something, aligning with the verb’s broader meaning of urging speed or expediting action.